Adjustable clothes-rack.



N. JENSEN.

ADJUSTABLE CLOTHES RACK. APPLICATION FILED AUG-23. 19x5.

1 1 9 1,3 1 2. Patented July 18, 1916.

WITNESSES; v l/VI/E/VTOI? W /VeZJ J/em en By .v

' ATTORNEY n s'ra'rns ,rATE

NELS JENSEN, 0F BELLEVUE, was rriiverom-Assrenoa or ONE-HALE TO N. o.NELSEN,

OF BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON.

ADJUSTABLE CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented July is, 1916.

Application filed August 23, 1915. Serial No. 46,765. I

arms all hinged to a vertically disposed pivotrod in such manner thateach of them shall be adapted to be moved inde pendently to swing fromthe same vertical plane to any desired point in a horizontal plane, saidpivot-rod being mounted on a carrier that may be slidably moved to, andfastened at, any desired point on a vertically disposed shaft which isrotatable in suitably supported bearings, whereby said hanger arms maybe quickly placed at a convenient height for hanging clothes thereon andthen raised to and be sustained at a desired height with each disposedat a de sired angle with respect to the others. I accomplish this objectby devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 isa view in front elevation of a clothes rack embodying my invention;.Fig.2 is a plan view ofa detail of the same; Fig. 3 is a view incross-construction on'broken line m, a: of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is afragmentary view in front elevation of a clothes rack embodying amodified form of operative parts of my invention; and Fig. 5 is a viewin cross-section of the same on broken line g 1 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numeralsindicate like parts, 6 is a supporting standard, preferably of wood.which may be fastened in a er tical position against the wall of a roomor against a post, upon the front of the upper end portion of whichstandard is securely fastened a bracket 7 which is provided with asquare hole 8 and a smaller round pivot hole 9 extending verticallydownward through it. Within thesquare hole 8 is a pulley 10 that ismounted freely to rotate on a fixed pivot-rod 11 disposed with its axisat right angles with the plane of the standard 6. as more clearly shownin Fig. 2.

On the front of the lower end. portion of the standard 6 is secured abracket 12 which is provided with a pivot hole 13 (indicated by dottedlines) which pivot hole 13 is disposed with its axis in the samevertical line iwith the pivot hole 9 ofthe bracket 7 and within saidpivot holes 9 and 13 are disposed the pivots of a rotatable shaft 14 ofrectangular cross-section which extends vertically between the brackets7 and 12.

A carrier 15 is provided with two rearwardly projecting lugs 16 and 17by which said carrier 15 is mounted on the shaft 14 in such manner thatit may be freely moved vertically to any position thereon, said lugs 16and 17 being bifurcated and disposed each with one member of itsbifurcated portion slidably engaged with a different side of said shaft14 and between the outer end portion of the members of the bifurcatedportion of the lug 16 is pivotally mounted .a rotatable roller 20 whichengages with one side edge of the shaft 14 while between the inner endportions of the members of the bifurcated portion of the lug 17 isanother roller 21 similarly mounted to engage with'the oppositesideedgeof said shaft 14, said rollers 20 and 21 being indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 1. The carrier 15 is also provided with forwardlyprojecting lugs 18 and 19 within which is fixed a pivotrod 35 thatextends vertically therebetween,

which pivot-rod 35 serves as a pivot upon which is mounted a pluralityof hanger arms 22 each of which is thus adapted independently to bemoved to swing in a hori- 'zontal plane to any desired angle withrespect to any one of the others thereof and with respect to thevertical plane of the car rier 15, as indicated in Fig. 3. When thehanger arms 22 are in disuse they may be all disposed in the samevertical plane with the plane of the carrier 15, as shown in Fig. 1, andthere be confined by the two members of a bifurcated arm 23, which twomembers are adapted to straddle and engage with the sides of the hangerarms 22, said bifurcated arm 23 being pivotally attached to a bracket 24to be movable in a vertical plane, which bracket 24 is fastened to thetop surface of the carrier 15 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The relative positions of the rollers 20 and 21 with respect to the sideedges of the shaft 14 and with respect to the hanger arms 22 are such aswill cause said hanger arms always to be disposed in horizontal planesirrespective of changes in the vertical position of said carrier 15,which carrier 15 may be raised and lowered by a cord 25 to any desiredposition on the shaft 14 that may be most convenient for utilizing thehanger arms 22; said cord 25 having one of its ends attached to a screweye 26 fixed in one member of the bifurcated lug 16 to eX- tend upwardlyand over the pulley l thence downwardly to a cleat 27 to which said cord25 may be fastened to maintain the hanger arms at a desired height. Thusthe carrier 15 may be placed at a desired height and be swung with theshaft 14 to any desired angu lar position with respect to the plane ofthe supporting standard 6.

In Figs. 4 and I have illustrated a structure like the structure ofFigs. 1, 2 and 3 together with additional mechanism comprising a toothedrack 28 and a weighted arm 30 that is provided with an integrallyattached dog 29. The toothed rack 28 is secured'to one side of a shaft31 (which corresponds to the shaft 14 of Fig. 1) and the weighted arm 30is pivotally attached to the bottom surface of a carrier 32 (whichcorresponds to the carrier of Figs. 1 and 3) so that said dog 29 isadapted to engage with the teeth of the toothed rack 28 to support thecarrier 32 with its associated load at a desired point on the shaft 31.A cord 33 (which corresponds to the cord of Fig. 1) is attached to theweighted arm 30, instead of being attached to a lug on the 1 top portionof the carrier 32, and said cord 33 may be pulled to disengage the dog29 from the teeth of the toothed rack 28 and to raise the carrier 32 toa desired point on the shaft 31, and when said cord is abruptly releasedthe weight of the weighted arm 30 will cause said dog 29 again to engagewith the adjacent one of teeth of said toothed rack 28 thus to lock thecarrier 32 at the desired point on the shaft 31; if, however, the freeend of the cord 33 be manipulated to allow the carrier 32 to move slowlydownward then the dog 29'will be maintained in a disengaged relation tothe teeth of the toothed rack 28, thus to permit said carrier to belowered to a desired point on said shaft 31 whereupon said cord 33 maybe abruptly released to cause the weighted arm 30 to move the dog 29into engagement with the adjacent one of the teeth of the toothed rack28 in an obvious manner to lock the carrier 32 at said desired point onsaid shaft 31.

The operation of the structure of Figs. 4 and 5 does not require a cleatcorresponding to the cleat 27 of Fig. 1 since the free end of the cord33 need-not be secured to a cleat.

to be rotatable in bearings formed in said two brackets; a toothed racksecured to said shaft in a position lengthwise thereof; a carrierslidably mounted on said shaft and adapted to be moved vertically todifferent points thereon; a weighted lever arm pro vided'with anintegral dog and pivotally attached to the bottom portion of said carrier in such position that said dog may be engaged and disengaged with adesired one of the teeth of said-toothed rack; and a cord having one ofits ends attached to said weighted lever arm to extend upwardlytherefrom to adapt itto operate to actuate said weighted lever arm tocause its dog to engage and disengage with an adjacent one ofthe teethof said toothed rack whereby said carrier may be raised and lowered onsaid shaft to a desired point thereon and securely maintained at suchpoint.

In witness whereof, I, hereunto subscribe my name'this 10th day ofAugust A. D.,

NELS JENSEN.

Vitnesses FRANK W'ARREN, A. HASKINS.

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